While hotels try their best to maintain cleanliness, some areas are often overlooked or inadequately sanitized, leaving ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Microwave ovens produce radio-frequency waves that cause the water molecules in an object to vibrate. This vibration causes friction, which allows ...

Not everything in your laundry needs to be washed with hot water, but these things definitely do. Make sure you know what ...

A recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology found that certain places on the body are “hot spots” for germs and unhealthy bacteria. Scientists at George Washington University in ...

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Diving into a public pool this summer? You might be plunging into a petri dish. While chlorine is the go-to germ killer, it doesn’t work instantly. Some nasty germs can survive in treated water for ...

Your bed is your sanctuary, a place where you rest, recover and rejuvenate. But what if the very place you consider a safe haven is actually a breeding ground for bacteria, viruses and germs? Many ...

As you age, changes in your immune system make it harder to fight off disease and infection. So it’s best to limit your exposure to germs. When you go to the doctor’s office, you risk picking up germs ...

There are many different ways germs can enter the body. Sometimes, they find a way in through an opening like the mouth, nose, eyes or a cut in the skin. Most of these germs – what scientists call ...

“We all have this image of our bedrooms as being a sanctuary, but actually, there’s a surprising amount of bacteria, fungus and allergens there,” Carol McLay, an infection preventionist and president ...

With sample makeup testers, what you can’t see could hurt you. "Good Morning America" went undercover to department stores and discount retailers, swabbing testers for lipstick, mascara, foundation, ...